United States v. Barnette
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. This was a claim by a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States for sea pay while on board the St. Mary’s in the harbor of New York. ‘ The facts found by the Court of Claims were in substance.as follows: The St. Mary’s was a sailing vessel', owned and employed by the United States ; and had been furnished for educational purposes by the Secretary of the Navy, upon the application of the Governor of the State of New York, under the act of…
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. This was a claim by a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States for sea pay while on board the St. Mary’s in the harbor of New York. ‘ The facts found by the Court of Claims were in substance.as follows: The St. Mary’s was a sailing vessel', owned and employed by the United States ; and had been furnished for educational purposes by the Secretary of the Navy, upon the application of the Governor of the State of New York, under the act of Congress of June 20, 1874, c. 339, which is copied in the margin.1 The command of the vessel was. always retained' in an…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Gray,
after stating .the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
By the statute of the United States, the.officers of the Navy receive higher pay “ when at sea,” than when “ on shore duty,” or “on leave, or. waiting orders”; and the pay of the claimant, being in the second five years of his service as lieutenant, was. “ when at sea, $26004 on shore duty, $2200; on leave, or waiting orders, $1800.” Rev. Stat. § 1556. And by § 1571, “no service shall be regarded as sea service, except such as shall be performed at sea, under the orders of a Department, and in vessels employed by…
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